Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; 
 has cells in more than 50 countries; 
[syn: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Qaeda
    n 1: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States
         that dispenses money and logistical support and training to
         a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has
         cells in more than 50 countries [syn: al-Qaeda, Qaeda,
         al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base]